November 29, 2001 (Washington, DC)—The Alexander Graham Bell Association
for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) is pleased to announce the
release of its newest resource, Something to Talk About: Spoken Language
Approaches for Children with Hearing Loss. Peer-reviewed by noted
professionals who work with families and children with hearing loss, this
booklet discusses the importance of exposure to sound for children with
hearing loss, different types of spoken language approaches and their
similarities and benefits, and what parents can do to stimulate speech and
language development in their babies with hearing loss. Something to Talk
About provides a wonderful overview and introduction to spoken language
approaches for parents with newly diagnosed infants and children with
hearing loss.
Michael Teckenburg, President of AG Bell, adds: "We are grateful to our
reviewers who volunteered their time and expertise: Donald M. Goldberg,
Ph.D. (College of Wooster), Ellen Rajtar (Atlanta Speech School), Sarina
Roffe (New York Cued Speech Center, Inc.), Karen Stein (Moog Center for
Deaf Education), and Kathleen Treni (HIP-Bergen County Special Services
District). And I would like to thank Cochlear Corporation for their
sponsorship of this brochure."
Single copies of Something to Talk About are available from AG Bell’s
publications sales department free of charge. For bulk quantities, please
contact mailto:Rreed@agbell.org or
visit the AG Bell website at
http://www.agbell.org.
Founded in 1890 by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell (best known for his invention
of the telephone), the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing is a unique organization dedicated to improving
opportunities for people with hearing loss. AG Bell’s mission is to
promote early identification of hearing loss and to encourage individuals
who are deaf or hard of hearing to learn to speak, speechread, and
maximize the use of technology and their residual hearing to communicate
and succeed in the hearing world. Members include parents of children with
hearing losses, individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, educators,
audiologists, speech-language pathologists, otologists, psychologists and
other professionals in fields relating to hearing loss.
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